Abstract

Coping styles of family members and familial relationships of patients with Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective, Dissociative, and/or Bipolar Disorder maybe influenced by psychoeducation interventions. Specifically, Psychoeducation (i.e. comprehensive & standardized protocol) can lower family member/primary caregiver expressed emotions (i.e. criticism, emotional over-involvement, avoidance & detachment) that will strengthen their coping styles as caregivers. A control and treatment group were comprised of a total of 32 randomly assigned family members. During the first week. The Coping Styles Questionnaire and The Family Questionnaire were administered to both groups as pretests. In addition, a registration form was completed containing information such as name, address, telephone number, gender, relationship to family member, diagnosis of family member, and an identifier number was assigned to each participating family member. During the second week, only the participants assigned to the treatment group were asked to attend a three hour education seminar. This seminar included seven presenters (i.e. religious representative, financial planner, clinic supervisor/marriage & family therapist, exercise physiologist, neuro-psychologist, Recovery Model Coordinator, and a family member) who conducted twenty minute presentations on effective coping strategies for the chronically mentally ill.

LLU Discipline

Experimental Psychology

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

David Chavez

Second Advisor

Janet Kottke

Third Advisor

Dale Sechrest

Fourth Advisor

Janet Sonne

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Degree Level

M.A.

Year Degree Awarded

2004

Date (Title Page)

3-2004

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Family; Adaptation, Psychological; Mental Disorders -- psychology; Social Adjustment; Patient Education -- methods

Type

Thesis

Page Count

ix; 110

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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